Literary notes about Impart (AI summary)
The term "impart" is used in literature to convey the act of bestowing or transmitting something intangible, such as knowledge, emotion, or even physical qualities. Writers often employ it to illustrate the sharing or transfer of insights and skills between characters, as when a mentor conveys wisdom to a pupil [1, 2, 3]. At times, it hints at the subtler effects that one element has on another—as when a quality or sensation is subtly infused into an object or a landscape, evoking mood or transformation [4, 5, 6]. Through such varied applications, "impart" enriches narratives by linking the internal life of characters with broader, almost elemental forces in the world [7, 8, 9].
- I could accumulate ideas, and impart them to others.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy - "What, then, Socrates," said Simmias, "would you go away keeping this persuasion to yourself, or would you impart it to us?
— from Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato - “I can impart my news to him and no one else,” said Sybil.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - Dull eyes, red, swollen cheeks, dry lips, hair and beard disarranged, impart an old, fatigued, worn-out look to the face.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - That is because it does not merely impart its free caloric to the water, but likewise its latent heat.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Then the sun-beams, shooting up from behind the hills, spread over the scene that fine saffron tinge, which seems to impart repose to all it touches.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe - This, however, the man found himself quite unable to do, and could therefore impart his own skill to nobody.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - By means of it I only intend to impart a single thought.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
